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Jessica Wykes
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Jaguar breaks records by swimming at least 1.3 km, possibly even 2.3 km. An important research story to think about animal agencies
Jaguar breaks records by swimming at least 1.3 kilometres
A 1.3-kilometre swim by a jaguar is the longest ever confirmed, but the cat's motives for making the journey are unclear
www.newscientist.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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April 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Finally, watch Dr Carla Hayden's keynote address at #CILIP's 2017 Conference - a call to action for librarians to put accessibility at the heart of everything they do. #LibrariesChangeLives www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnO9... 4/4
Dr Carla Hayden's keynote address at 2017 CILIP Conference
YouTube video by CILIP: the library and information association
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Times Higher Ed has a column today about getting rid of accommodations for students with disabilities. It is breathtakingly ableist. It argues for the exclusion of people with disabilities from higher ed. I am not linking: it's click bait, but you can see the opening paragraph below.
October 23, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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Just created a starter pack for people working in library and archive sectors. Please let me know if you would like to be added. 📚 #libraries go.bsky.app/E7XRxA1
August 19, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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If you would prefer your Bluesky experience not be filled with UK journo/media types, this is a useful list:

bsky.app/profile/did:...
August 15, 2024 at 10:39 AM
That is so beautiful.
Love this quote from Alain Locke “The cult of the dead, her most dominant and persistent concern, made the tomb the depositing center of her civilization, and except for this fact probably nothing would have remained to solve in any concrete way the historical problem of Egyptian life and culture.”🏺
July 27, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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Today marks the Navigium Isidis, the festival that traditionally marked the beginning of the maritime season 🏺AncientBlueSky rhakotis.com/2022/03/01/n...
Isis, goddess of the seas and the Navigium Isidis
Celebrate the beginning of the maritime season with Isis
rhakotis.com
March 5, 2024 at 8:44 PM